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> Offices are not the meccas of productivity the RTO crowd would like us to believe. Indeed - just today I joked with my manager that being forced on-site has

• breischl 3y ago
  >aimlessly wandering/engaging people looks like productive work. Indeed, even though it might actually be _negative_ work, if one of those people would have otherwise been productive. Which was one of my major gripes with being in the office.
  • bravetraveler 3y ago
    That negative work is so true. Like you, that's my main complaint. I'm a local celebrity due to putting out all the Big Fires - so now, whenever people see me on-site as a trapped/captive audience, I hear about every hint of smoke. Thankfully our mandates are currently more... suggestions, giving credit to the "layoffs but not really" story IMO. It's annoying to even re-negotiate. I've been remote for years, pre-pandemic, only appearing when required.